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KENT Committee of the Whole -
WAS M IN G 7 0 N
Regular Meeting
Minutes
July 2, 2024
Date: July 2, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
Council President Kaur called the meeting to order.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Satwinder Kaur Council President Present
Bill Boyce Councilmember Excused
John Boyd Councilmember Present
Brenda Fincher Councilmember Present
Marli Larimer Councilmember Present
Zandria Michaud Councilmember Present
Toni Troutner Councilmember Present
3. AGENDA APPROVAL
A. I move to approve the agenda as presented.
ER SULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember
SECONDER: Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
AYES: Kaur, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Michaud, Troutner
4. DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS
A. Approval of Minutes YES
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember
SECONDER: Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
AYES: Kaur, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Michaud, Troutner
B. Payment of Bills - Approve
MOTION: I move to approve the payment of bills received
through 6/15/24 and paid on 6/15/24 and approve the checks
issued for payroll 6/1/24-6/15/24 and paid on 6/20/24, all
audited by the Committee of the Whole on 7/2/24.
RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] Next: 7/16/2024 7:00 PM
MOVER: Toni Troutner, Councilmember
SECONDER: Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
AYES: Kaur, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Michaud, Troutner
C. Interagency Agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety
Commission - DUI Court Grant - Accept
Court Administrator Margaret Yetter presented information on the
Interagency Agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for
the DUI Court grant.
The Kent Municipal DUI (Driving Under the Influence) Court has been
awarded up to $175,000 in grant funding from the Washington Traffic Safety
Commission for the one-year period beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June
30, 2025.
The purpose of this grant is to reimburse the City for certain DUI Court
expenditures, which may include: drug/alcohol urinalysis collection and
testing; substance use disorder assessments; treatment and counseling;
probation staff; team training; interpreter services; breath testing / secure
continuous alcohol monitoring / electronic home monitoring services; clean
and sober housing; support of prosocial activities; and graduation
refreshments.
MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in the amount of
$175,000 from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for
DUI court, amend the budget, authorize expenditure of funds,
and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents,
subject to terms acceptable to the Court Administrator and City
Attorney.
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RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] Next: 7/2/2024 7:00 PM
MOVER: Satwinder Kaur, Council President
SECONDER: John Boyd, Councilmember
AYES: Kaur, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Michaud, Troutner
D. INFO ONLY: STEM & Career Connected Plan; MOU to Transfer
ARPA Funds for Plan's Implementation Tasks
Chief Economic Development Officer Bill Ellis presented information on the
STEM and Career Connected Plan: Memorandum to transfer ARPA Funds for
Plan's Implementation Tasks.
Ellis talked about advancing STEM and CTE system-building strategies that
include partner management and communication and a data tracking system.
Ellis also discussed programmatic strategies for all grade levels that will
include industry guest speakers, STEM: student clubs and challenges, STEM
Lessons and professional development.
There is funding support from the American Recovery Act. The Plan Strategic
Priority #1 - Partner Management and Communications would include
$200,000 to support the Executive Director of Community Partnerships and
secondary pathways with accomplishing collaboration with the City's
economic development efforts.
$90,000 is budgeted from America Recovery Act funds for the STEM clubs
and challenges.
$170,000 is budgeted from the American Recovery Act for STEM professional
development.
• Priority is given to buildings by qualifying Kent census tract, free and reduced
lunch percentage, and current hours of instruction
• At least five schools and two dozen teachers sponsored
• Creates 'train the trainers' sustainability of STEM modules within the district.
Ellis talked about the Port of Seattle Partnership Funds.
• $60,000 from the Port of Seattle, matched with $30,000 from the City of
Kent.
• State organization which works with dozens of Kent Valley employers, based
in Kent
• Funds work with the Kent School District and AJAC to
o Engage more Kent training agent partners to open more
apprenticeship slots
o Host co-branding Apprenticeship event for Kent schools
o Work with the Kent School district to identify potential training
locations and instructors for youth apprenticeships.
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E. INFO ONLY: Project Update - Mill Creek Middle School
Stormwater Improvement Project: Healthy Fields, Healthy
Community
Mill Creek Middle School Stormwater improvement Projecty: Healthy
fields, Healthy Community.
The Kent School Distict and City of Kent have an agreement for a 70/30
split for services of grant writers and community facilitation services.
Targeted application to Environmental Protection Agency's Community
Change Grant.
Grant undertaking requires statutory community based organizations
support and extensive outreach, as well as explanation of benefits to
target disadvantaged communities.
Ellis provided an overview of the Environmental Justice and community
concerns.
There are costly regulatory requirements, creating climate resilient
assets. While removing sediment from creek reduces potential for flood, it
does not meet regulatory permit requirements for school to refresh and
rebuild fields.
Floodplain and stormwater facilities remove buildable areas, and add cost
to housing redevelopment.
Requesting funds for larger, joint facility can save costs and improve
neighborhood conditions over time, while improving water quality and
offering renewed natural connections.
Ellis talked about the overall conceptual plan and advised that Centro
Rendu of St. Vincent de Paul and Community Roots Housing were selected
for the Grow America Grants to build affordable housing.
Collaboration is in progress:
• Key deliverables
• Governance model
• Community benefits agreement
• On-going programming; gardens, education
• Kent School District field projects - constructability
F. Lake Meridian Playground Resurfacing Replacement Project -
Funds - Accept
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Parks Planning and Development Planner Kerry O'Connor provided an
overview of the Lake Meridian Playground Resurfacing RCO Grant
Agreement.
The grant is for one-time funding, it is for deferred maintenance, there is
no match, and the total is $100,000.
MOTION: I move to accept grant funds in the amount of
$100,000 from the State Recreation and Conservation Office,
amend the budget, authorize expenditure of funds, and
authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents, subject to
terms and conditions acceptable to the Parks Director and City
Attorney.
RESULT: MOTION PASSES [UNANIMOUS] Next: 7/16/2024 7:00 PM
MOVER: Zandria Michaud, Councilmember
SECONDER: Marli Larimer, Councilmember
AYES: Kaur, Boyd, Fincher, Larimer, Michaud, Troutner
5. ADJOURNMENT
Council President Kaur adjourned the meeting.
Meeting ended at 4:35 p.m.
V*tl�Ley A. Komato-
City Clerk
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Info Onlym. Two Projects
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Collaboration with Kent School District
• Advancing STEM + CTE
• $460,000 in ARPA
• High Priority Implementation Steps
• Mill Creek Middle School Stormwater Improvement Project:
Healthy Fields, Healthy Community Project Update
• Community Change Environmental Justice Grant — Seeking $20 million
• Community Development for Central Ave
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Advancing STEM + CITE
SYSTEM-BUILDING STRATEGIES
1. Partner Management and Communication: Build system to formalize and improve STEM partner management and
communications.
• Phase 1: Build and implement a process for partnership management and communications with a clear process,
requirements, onboarding, and expectations for continued engagement.
o Identify or hire a district-level staff person that oversees the KSD partnership experience from initial
outreach/connection to ongoing engagement and school-partner relationships
Q Establish directory of STEM education and industry partners currently engaged with K.SD
o Identify data to be collected from partners to demonstrate progress and impact
• Phase 2: Develop Communications Plan for sharing partner impact and available STEM and CCL partner
opportunities with students,families, educators, and partners.
2. Data Tracking System: Develop data tracking system for STEM and CCL activities and experiences.
Establish data collection processes and tools for measuring student participation and outcome measures in
school-connected STEM and CCL activities.
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PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES
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ALL GRADE LEVELS
3. Industry Guest Speakers: Establish career and industry"Speaker's Bureau," including creating a recruitment plan
for engaging industry contacts and utilization process,to enable educators to access guest speakers to promote
career awareness.
4. STEM Student Clubs and Challenges:Consistently offer and support STEM student clubs and challenges across the
district at all schools (e.g., First Robotics Lego League, E-sports, etc.).
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ELEMENTARY I MIDDLE SCHOOL
5. STEM Lessons: Identify specific STEM curriculum and lesson plans across elementary and middle school grade
levels(K-8) aligned to state learning standards to support teachers to teach STEM, implement project-based learning,
and integrate STEM career exploration into their classrooms.
6. STEM Professional Development: Provide relevant and impactful STEM PD to K-8 educators that is aligned with
curriculum to prepare them to teach current STEM topics and career pathways,while providing a STEM option for
meeting clock hour requirements.
7. Middle School CTE Electives:Offer CTE electives focused on high-demand industries across all middle schools that
align to high school CTE pathways.
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FundingSupport
$200,000 Budgeted from America Recovery Act
Plan Strategic Priority # 1. Partner Management and Communications:
Funding will support the Executive Director of Community Partnerships and Secondary
Pathways with accomplishing collaboration with the City's economic development efforts.
Particularly:
• Bringing on-board guest speakers for CTE as well as play concierge type servicing to community and industry
partners as well as non-profits, in connecting with schools at every grade level.
• Representative duties will include (et. al.) support for managing initial outreach/connection to ongoing engagement
with schools; data tracking for activities and experiences; support launch and implementation of Core Plus Aerospace
program; tracking of STEM student clubs and challenges across the district and focus on high demand industry CTE
electives at all middle schools.
• Bolstering capacity within KSD to connect external parties through new organization with the district to students is a
strategic high priority action identified in the plan. For the City to execute its business community relationships and
support the key deliverables in a new guest speakers bureau this funding can add staffing capacity to cultivate and
grow connections.
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1. PARTNER MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
WHY THIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY
Employer partners and community-based organizations agree there is a greater need to systematize processes within KSD to
support their engagement.Partners want to contribute to the district's vision of providing equitable access to STEM education
and CCL to all students but need clearer pathways to connect with schools.
LEAD DEPARTMENT
KSD Community Partnerships.Point person Executive Director Community Partnerships.
KEY MILESTONES
SHORT-TERM (WITHIN 12 MONTHS)
• Review best practices for partnership processes from exemplar districts
• Update a menu of opportunities for employer and community partner recruitment
• Create descriptions of opportunity types leveraging"best practices"to create common language and some
standardization of quality expectations
• Identify legal requirements and paperwork required for participation of volunteers in each type of opportunity
• Develop process and flow chart for each opportunity type
• Set-up software platform to track partnerships across the district and test with a small number of existing partners
• Finalize external-facing process for recruiting partners
• Test partnership process using the new system for 2-3 different types of one-time and ongoing events(e.g.school
STEM night,worksite tours or in-class guest speakers)
• Set a baseline for the number of partnerships and volunteers supporting STEM activities in each building /\
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3.INDUSTRY GUEST SPEAKERS
WHY THIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY? "[Kent School District]need[s]to be more inviting to guest speakers.Don't say no so
Guest speakers in STEM support student career awareness and exploration at all grade levels to help students learn about often.Seems that"policy and procedures"supersedes what benefits students"
STEM careers and the skills used inthem,while also creating connections and awareness of local industries.
-Aerospace Employer Partner
Guest speakers are already being leveraged across KSD,but inconsistently and efforts to recruitthem are typicaLLy led by
individuaLteachers or organizations.This approach is time consuming and can result in individuals or businesses getting
tapped by multiple peoplefromthe districtwhiLe others are Left unengaged. What would help you launch or expand your program or
Sometimes community organizations provide access to guest speakers.Based on the 25survey responses from community- improve the quality of your program(s) Within KSD?
based organization partners,42%of respondents stated that they currently offer guest speakersto KSD students.'
44%
e KSD STEM Vision Community/Education Partner Survey 39%
KEY MILESTONES
SHORT-TERM(WITHIN 12 MONTHS)
• Implement district-wide partnership process that includes tracking guest speakers(see Strategic Priority l- 26%
Partnership Management) 22% 22%
• Develop streamlined recruitment process for guest speakers that meets teacher needs
• CoLlaboratewith the Kent Chamber of Commerce,WABS and Puget Sound ESD to build pipeline of guest speakers as 1 7%
well as industry associations most representative to Kent's employment base,including but not Limited to the Center
for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance 3%
• Workwith local college partners and apprenticeship programs to create a common employers table and enlist 9%
business Leaders drawn from local south King County communities in recruiting speakers drawn from local industry
and representative to Kent community
• Stand-up a formal CBO advisory groupto seed the Speakers Bureauwith potential speakers,especially from the key
high-demand industries identified,including aerospace/outer space,advanced manufacturing,IT,and healthcare
LONG-TERM(1-5YEARS) District wide Clear policies Financial Training or Single point Community- Hearing about Other
STEM and and pathways support PD for the of contact for based best practices
• Sustain 1-3 STEM-related community or industry partnerships for every school,deep partnerships with community CCL for connecting KSD staff on the district organization across
and/or industry partners Coordinators with school how to work program different types
• Growguest speaker fstto multiple employers in each industry identified for the Speaker's Bureau and committed to that support staffladmin with outside directory Of
recurring speaking engagements.The numberof partnerships andvoLunteers in each school building increases employer partners partnerships
beyondthe baseline set inyear l recruitment with KSD
• Teachersand classrooms can find guest speakers from industry when they give at least one month's noticeKENT
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Example Process Work Flow for Guest
Speaker Bureau
Process Flow (As-Is)
The process for the Speakers Bureau begins with educators requesting a speaking engagement and
ends with them responding to a survey
Actors Process:Educator Requests Engagement>Responds to Survey
Finalizes
Register Answers Everft
logistics occurs!!
Industry asa PM With
speaker question educator
Project Sma Confirm Confirm Connec
Manager match educator speaker andaker Sends _
(PM) App equest capacity survey Drive
educator
Finalizes Informs
Educator Request PM veers ogistics PM of Answers
speaker question with foal urvey
speaker date
Courtesy: Washington Alliance for Better Schools
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FundingSupport
$90,000 Budgeted from America Recovery Act
Plan Strategic Priority #4.
STEM Student Clubs and Challenges; two identified barriers to consistent
offerings across the district at all schools include individual building
champions to help form and hold open clubs and keeping buildings open .
Funding can support teacher and/or student stipends for forming clubs
and keeping doors open for after-hour school meetings, particularly at
middle schools where these may not currently be offered .
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4. STEM STUDENT CLUBS AND CHALLENGES
WHY THIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY
Across all grade groups there are varying levels of STEM student clubs and challenges for students to participate in. For
elementary school students, there has been inconsistency in what dedicated STEM activities are available to students. While
20 ❑ut of the 29 elementary schools (69%) offered before or after school STEM activities at some point, teachers ❑ften noted
that some are no longer available t❑ due to various challenges such as staffing capacity, n❑ space in the school building or a
lack of partners and volunteers to oversee the STEM activities.10
All four high schools and at least two middle schools in KSD offer STEM-related student clubs or challenges.' However, they
vary in subject and number. This means that students have inconsistent experiences when it comes to joining STEM student
clubs or challenges at their respective school.While schools should host clubs and challenges most relevant to student
interest, we believe it's imperative t❑ provide some level of consistency across schools. This ensures that students can
explore and engage in STEM learning via different topics such as auto shop, horticulture, programming, etc.
When surveying 4,372 middle school students, ❑ver half of respondents said they may be interested in joining a club if it was
offered at their school.12 Students surveyed were also asked to rank different types ❑f clubs with a Gaming club as the 2nd
most popular option and Robotics as the 4th most popular option.
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FundingSupport
$170,000 Budgeted from America Recovery Act
Plan Strategic Priority #6. STEM Professional development; purchasing
tools for continuing STEM education for Kent School District teachers at
schools with fewer STEM modules and exposure for students—particularly
curriculum from national non-profit "Project Lead the Way"—to create a
self-sustaining cadres of STEM teaching within KSD, a strategic high
priority action identified in the plan . Also, for those school buildings where
STEM clubs and additional activities were fewer, funding can provide
stipends to teachers and buildings to stay open longer and provide
additional enrichment activities outside of the school day and build
presence of STEM clubs and challenges where none may currently exist.
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6. STEM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WHY THIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY
To align with the strategy to focus on STEM education during school hours,educators requested greater STEM professional
• Priority given to
development.16 Both in the curriculum development and the connected careers available to students.Providing relevant and buildings by qualifying
impactful STEM PD to K-8 educators that is aligned with curriculum to prepare them to teach current STEM topics and career
pathways,while providing a STEM option for meeting clock hour requirements. Kent census tract, free
LEAD DEPARTMENTS and reduced lunch
KSD Teaching&Learning Department in partnership with Community Partnerships and Professional Development Office. percentage, and current
KEY MILESTONES hours of instruction
SHORT-TERM (WITHIN 12 MONTHS) At least five schools and
•
• Audit of Science Teacher Leadership Cadre workto support STEM awarenesswithin STEM subjects
• Design and facilitate high-quality STEM PDfor classroom teachers-start with a sample group to test new PD(ex. two dozen teachers
Washington Space Consortium(UW),City of Kent,KSD,and Green River College piloted a project like this on the sponsored
space industry theme)
LONG-TERM (1-5YEARS) • Creates train the
• School administrators and principals take the lead on PD at their respective schools
• School administrators and principals actively empowering non-STEM teachers to recognize how they may already be trainers su sta i na b i l ity of
teaching STEM STEM modules within
• All classroom teachers will have STEM-focused PD that connects STEM to main subjects,CTE pathways and possible
future careers district
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Port of Seattle Partnership Funds * (Not ARPA)
• $60,000 from Port of Seattle, matched with
$30,000 from City of Kent
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• State organization which works with dozens of Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships
Kent Valley employers, based in Kent
Funds work with Kent School District and AJAC to Partnership will build capacity for the development of an
Automation Technician Youth Apprenticeship to be based
do: in the Kent SD. The project will begin with educating
• Engage more Kent training agent partners to open more school faculty about AJAC's youth apprenticeship through
apprenticeship slots events, employer tours at local Kent Valley high tech
• Host co-branding Apprenticeship Event for Kent Schools manufacturers, and hosting industry roundtables. AJAC
• Host employer tours and roundtables with school faculty staff will work with KSD to identify a potential
training location and instructor for a pilot youth
• Educate IEP and 504 instructors about DVR fund leverage apprenticeship program in KSD.
opportunities
• Work with KSD to identify potential training locations and
instructors for youth apprenticeships
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Mill Creek Middle School Stormwater Improvement Project:
Healthy Fields, Healthy Community
• Kent School District and City of Kent 70/30
split for services of grant writers, community
facilitation services s uncommon
• Targeting application to Environmental - BRIDGES
Protection Agency's Community Change grant
(maximum awards are $20 million, rolling
deadline)
• Grant undertaking requires statutory I�EI�T SCHOOL DISTRICT
community based organization support and EQUITY EXCELLENCE COMMUNITY
extensive outreach, as well as explanation of
benefits to target disadvantaged communities
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Mill Creek Area Map
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Mill Creek's student area census tracts are in the
901'' or worse percentile in Washington for 8 of 13 environmental categories:
195-100 pert_-: _ EPA EJ Index State Percentile
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90-95 percentile Superfund Proximity 96 The Kent Valley is within Mill Creek's student area census Sound Transit
Hazardous Waste Proximity 96 tracts and for decades has been home to numerous Mill Creek Middle School ]min
80-40 percentile Toxic Releases to Air industries with toxic emissions and hazardous byproducts
95
k 70-80 percentile
Diesel Particulate Matter 94
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0- AirToxics Respiratory HI 94 Mill Creek near the school is at a higher risk oftoxicity due
0 percentile Stream Toxicity/PDlltfion 94 to increased exposure to pollutants
Less than 50 percentile RMP facility Proximity 93 ,t t
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Data not available Underground Storage Tan ks I Student Demographle r
AirToxics Cancer Risk •],%utilize lreeand reduced lunch programs t
Trucks routes surround Mill Creek MS, particularly its
Traffic Proximity ■a3vselepamas.adno,,aveslatwnrrswn,,s�
ny frontage on Central nsian,,aswnne,sseNawaiianiaacM�l:sander, t '
Ozone $j 6%Multirxial Kent Station(Shopping Center)
Particulate Matter 25 67 Kent has the highest air pollution in the Puget Sound,as •m3 unique language represented,44%receive
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Lead Paint 64 measured by particulate matter represen0.d 6%are mtemahenas re ogees
•]6%walk,bike,or use publktransR to school
every day,50%of area households haveone or
no carat all
•Walking routes nearest[o campusare most
heavilytreficked roads In the Ory,which carry
between 26k and 33kvehlcles perday
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Community Concerns — Survey Results
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amenities would you like to see?
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Dealing with costly regulatory requirements,
creating climate resilient assets
Mill Creek Environmental Information • While removing sediment from creek reduces
potential for flood, it does not meet regulatory
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rebuild fields
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Conceptual Plan Grow America Grant Update:
Selected for Award
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Centro Rendu of St.Vincent de Paul(Seattle/KC chapter)-$100,000:
Centro Rendu is a program of Saint Vincent de Paul SVdP that exists to protect,support,
p g ( ) p and defend Latinx
immigrant families through education,social services,legal advocacy,and leadership development.They
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w a are currently operating out of the back section of a SVdP thrift store and hope to expand to an improved
space with room for their programs.Centro Rendu is partneringwith Community Roots Housing and will use
r their funding allocation for design,project management,and other soft costs associated with the mixed-use
14 r property expansion that will serve both community housing needs and improve the capacity of Centro Rendu
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Community Roots Housing-$100,000:
Community Roots Housing seeks to extend its mission to Kent to create a transit-adjacent,mixed-use
development around Kent's Central Avenue by collaborating with property owners like Centro Rendu and La
Huerta Market.The project has three phases that will be eligible for funding:Phase One involves community
Rendering illustrates the potential r turnaround, r connections and future transitoutreach and hiring consultants to assess site conditions and development potential;Phase Two deepens
community engagement,informs housing needs,and explores financing options;Phase Three focuses on
oriented o'menL developing concept drawings and finalizing project partnerships.
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